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Shrinking Lakes of the Kashmir Valley
Two lakes surrounded by the high Himalaya Mountains are remnants of a much larger ancient lake in India’s Kashmir Valley.
Carbon Mitigation Payments Can Make Bioenergy Crops More Appealing For Farmers
Bioenergy crops such as miscanthus and switchgrass provide several environmental benefits, but low returns and profit risks are barriers for investment by farmers.
Smoke Blankets the Upper Midwest
Smoke from intense wildland fires in Canada billowed over the upper Midwest in June 2023, causing hazy skies and hazardous air quality in Canada and across several U.S. states.
A Newly Identified Protein Confers Drought Tolerance to Plants
Researchers led by Núria Sánchez-Coll, CSIC researcher at CRAG, have characterized for the first time the function of AtMC3, a protein of the metacaspase family that is involved in drought tolerance in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
Rooftop Solar Grew Nearly 50 Percent Globally Last Year
Global rooftop solar capacity grew by 49 percent in 2022, an industry report finds.